"The Tale of Mr. Tod The Tale of Mr. Tod is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1912. The tale is about a badger called Tommy Brock and his arch enemy Mr. Tod, a fox. Brock kidnaps the children of Benjamin Bunny and his wife Flopsy, intending to eat them, and hides them in an oven in the home of Mr. Tod. Benjamin and his cousin Peter Rabbit have followed Tommy Brock in an attempt to rescue the babies. When Mr. Tod finds Brock asleep in his bed, he"
"a segment of the BBC anthology series, ""The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends"". Dinsdale Landen and Don Henderson voiced Tod and Brock respectively. British screenwriter Mark Huckerby voiced Mr. Tod in the British/American CGI animated children's television series, and Mr. Tod and Tommy Brock voiced by Fayssal Bazzi and Sam Neill in this live-action/CGI animated film ""Peter Rabbit"". The Tale of Mr. Tod The Tale of Mr. Tod is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1912. The tale is about a badger called Tommy Brock and his arch"
"The Tod is a red fox encountered by Snitter and Rowf early in the story. He speaks in the dialect of Upper Tyneside, having been born ""far ahint th' Cross Fell"". He forges an uneasy friendship with the dogs, teaching them hunting and survival skills in return for a share of the kill. The friendship is stronger with Snitter, who understands both the Tod's speech and his mode of thought. Rowf, by contrast, ""can't understand a word he says,"" distrusts his ""sly, sneaking"" ways, and believes that the Tod is taking advantage of his strength to provide himself with easy"
"him, while Copper is too afraid of the bear to confront him. The Master ignores Copper to heap praise on Chief and Copper's hatred and jealousy grow. Tod is a red fox kit, raised as a pet by one of the human hunters who killed his mother and litter mates. Tod initially enjoys his life, but when he reaches sexual maturity he returns to the wild. During his first year, he begins establishing his territory, and learns evasion techniques from being hunted by local farm dogs. One day, he comes across the Master's house and discovers that his presence sends"
"to reluctantly befriend The Tod, a Geordie-accented fox, in order to obtain food in the wild - they initially hunt domestic sheep grazing on the local hills. Snitter hopes for a new home as he once had a master, but after accidentally killing a man by stepping onto the trigger of his shotgun as he climbs up onto him, Snitter loses hope. As time passes the two dogs grow thin and bony, having to steal more and more food while still avoiding capture. The Tod assists them by distracting a lab-hired gunman who then falls to his death; the man's"
"is not often at home himself. Mrs. Badger is rather lighter coloured than he is, rather sandy, with little piggy eyes and a snouty nose, and a not particularly clean house, I should say – she finishes wearing out Tommy's celebrated boots. Mr. Tod has been across lately, I smelt him myself; but he had removed before the hounds came. ""The Tale of Mr. Tod"" was sketched out long before its 1912 publication, and is a forbidding tale with relief only in the landscape illustrations. Graham Greene thought Potter was suffering some sort of emotional disturbance when the tale was"
"Toto (Oz) Toto is a fictional dog in L. Frank Baum's ""Oz"" series of children's books, and works derived from them. His name is pronounced with a long ""O"", a homophone of ""toe toe"". He was originally a small terrier drawn by W. W. Denslow for the first edition of ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"" (1900). He reappears in numerous adaptations, such as ""The Wizard of Oz"" (1939), ""The Wiz"" (1978) and ""Return to Oz"" (1985). Toto belongs to Dorothy Gale, the heroine of the first and many subsequent books. In the first book, he never spoke, although other animals,"
"friends Dinky the finch and Boomer the woodpecker, arranges for him to be adopted by a kindly farmer named Widow Tweed. Tweed names him Tod, because he reminds her of a toddler. Meanwhile, her neighbor, a hunter named Amos Slade, brings home a young hound puppy named Copper and introduces him to his hunting dog Chief. One day, Tod and Copper meet and become playmates, vowing to remain ""friends forever"". Slade grows frustrated at Copper for constantly wandering off to play, and places him on a leash. While playing with Copper outside his doghouse, Tod awakens Chief. Slade and Chief"
"and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. A much loved fictional character in British culture, a Paddington Bear soft toy was chosen by British tunnellers as the first item to pass through to their French counterparts when the two sides of the Channel Tunnel were linked in 1994. Paddington is an anthropomorphised bear. He is always polite – addressing people as ""Mr"", ""Mrs"" and ""Miss"", rarely by first names – and kindhearted, though he inflicts hard stares on those who incur his disapproval. He has an endless capacity for innocently getting into trouble, but he is known to ""try"
"title character. Jock of the Bushveld Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir James Percy FitzPatrick. The book tells of FitzPatrick's travels with his dog, Jock, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross, during the 1880s, when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider in the Bushveld region of the Transvaal (then the South African Republic). Jock’s mother Jess was the only dog in their camp. FitzPatrick describes her as “an unattractive bull-terrier with a dull brindled coat–black and grey in shadowy stripes. She had small cross-looking eyes and uncertain always-moving ears;"
"duck, telling her the seasonings will be used for an omelette. Jemima sets about her errand, but the farm collie, Kep, meets her as she carries onions from the farm kitchen and asks her what she is doing and where she keeps going. She reveals her errand, Kep sees through the fox's plan at once, and finds out from Jemima where the fox lives. With the help of two fox-hound puppies who are out at walk at the farm, Kep rescues Jemima and the ""foxy-whiskered gentleman"" (Mr. Tod) is chased away and seen again in The Tale of Mr. Tod."
"variety of pets, including some which the Wizarding community considers impossible to domesticate. They are not always wrong. Rowling has said that Hagrid has little interest in tamer magical creatures because of the lack of a challenge, although he has a large but cowardly boarhound named Fang. Hagrid’s love of dangerous magical creatures is central to the plot of several books of the series. Aragog was an Acromantula, an enormous, sentient spider capable of speech, who made a unique clicking noise as he moved in search of prey. Hagrid raised Aragog from an egg as a Hogwarts student, keeping him"
"have been descended from the originally curly-coated King Charles Spaniel and the old-fashioned curly-coated Sussex Spaniel. Its original purpose may have been as a sporting dog, but it became more frequently used as a toy dog. By 1907, the breed was more popular in Europe than in the UK, especially in the Netherlands and Italy. There is a preserved specimen at the Natural History Museum at Tring. Named Robin, it was bred by Lady Wentworth and was born in 1911. It died in 1920 when the breed was said to be ""nearly extinct"". Lady Wentworth wrote about using Toy Trawler"
"determines to get him out of the house. His initial attempt fails, and the two eventually come to blows. Under cover of the fight, the rabbits rescue the baby rabbits. The tale was influenced by the Uncle Remus stories, and was set in the fields of Potter's Castle Farm. Black and white illustrations outnumber those in colour. The tale is critically considered one of Potter's ""most complex and successful in plot and tone."" Potter's publisher wanted ""Mr. Tod"" to be the first in a new series of Peter Rabbit tales in larger formats with elaborate bindings, but Potter disliked the"
"a mysterious, masked ""Milord"", the Beast, after her father loses her to him in a game of cards. Milord is eventually revealed to be a tiger. In a reversal of the ending of ""The Courtship of Mr Lyon"", the heroine transforms at the end into a glorious tiger who is the proper mate to the Beast, who will from now on be true to his own nature and not disguise himself as a human. Figaro, a cat, moves in with a rakish young man who lives a happily debauched life. They live a carefree existence, with the cat helping him"
"Tabitha Twitchit Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit is a fictional anthropomorphic cat who features in the books of Beatrix Potter. She is a shopkeeper and the long-suffering mother of three unruly kittens, Moppet, Mittens and Tom Kitten. The success of her early books enabled Potter to purchase a farm called Hill Top in Cumbria. Among the animals there was a cat called Tabitha Twitchit. In the books, she is shown as standing on her hind legs and wearing fashionable clothes. She and her kittens live in a house based on the Hill Top farmhouse while her shop is based on one in"
"Oz"", Baum did not specifically state Toto's breed, but wrote ""he was a little black dog with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose."" However, from the illustrations in the first book many have concluded that he is a Cairn Terrier while others believe he is a Yorkshire Terrier as this breed was very popular at the time and it fits the illustration quite well. In subsequent books he becomes a Boston Terrier for reasons that are never explained, but then resumes the earlier look in later books. In"
"helps rid Toad Hall of invaders from the wild wood. The ""Frances"" series of children's books by Russell and Lillian Hoban depicts an anthropomorphic badger family. In T.H. White's Arthurian series ""The Once and Future King"", the young King Arthur is transformed into a badger by Merlin as part of his education. He meets with an older badger who tells him ""I can only teach you two things – to dig, and love your home."" A villainous badger named Tommy Brock appears in Beatrix Potter's 1912 book ""The Tale of Mr. Tod"". He is shown kidnapping the children of Benjamin"
"idea. Nonetheless, ""Mr. Tod"" and its 1913 follower, ""The Tale of Pigling Bland"", were published in the new formats, but the idea was eventually dropped and the ordinary bindings were adopted for reprints. The two tales were the last completely original productions by Potter. She continued to publish sporadically but used decades-old concepts and sketches rather than new images and ideas. In 1995, an animated film adaptation of the tale was featured on the BBC television anthology series ""The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends"". Following her acquisition of Hill Top Farm in 1905 in Lancashire (now Cumbria), Potter began"
"by Arthur's dog Cavall (here Latinized as ""Cabal""), made while chasing the great boar (here called ""Troynt""): Twrch is named as the son of Prince Tared (or Taredd Wledig), cursed into the form of a wild creature; he has poisonous bristles, and carries a pair of scissors, a comb and a razor on his head between his ears. In French romances such as by Chrétien de Troyes, Ares is the father of a knight called Tor. Some scholars consider that Tor son of Ares is the Twrch son of Tared of Culhwch and Olwen and that the authentic name is"
"Twrch Trwyth Twrch Trwyth (; also Trwyd, Troynt (); Troit (); or Terit ()) is an enchanted wild boar in the Matter of Britain that King Arthur or his men pursued with the aid of Arthur's dog Cavall (, ). The names of the hound and boar are glimpsed in a piece of geographical onomasticon composed in Latin in the ninth century, the ""Historia Brittonum"". However, a richly elaborate account of the great hunt appears in the Welsh prose romance ""Culhwch and Olwen"", probably written around 1100. A passing reference to Twrch Trwyth also occurs in the elegy ""Gwarchan Cynfelyn"""
"""The Tale of Mr. Tod"" (1912; featuring badger Tommy Brock), the Rupert Bear adventures by Mary Tourtel (appearing since 1920), T. H. White's Arthurian fantasy novels ""The Once and Future King"" (1958, written 1938–41) and ""The Book of Merlyn"" (1977), ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" (1970) by Roald Dahl, Richard Adams's ""Watership Down"" (1972), Colin Dann's ""The Animals of Farthing Wood"" (1979), and Erin Hunter's ""Warriors"" (appearing since 2003). In the historic novel ""Incident at Hawk's Hill"" (1971) by Allan W. Eckert a badger is one of the main characters. Badgers are also featured in films and animations: a flash video of"
"The Fox and the Hound (novel) The Fox and the Hound is a 1967 novel written by American novelist Daniel P. Mannix and illustrated by John Schoenherr. It follows the lives of Tod, a red fox raised by a human for the first year of his life, and Copper, a half-bloodhound dog owned by a local hunter, referred to as the Master. After Tod causes the death of the man's favorite hound, man and dog relentlessly hunt the fox, against the dual backdrops of a changing human world and Tod's normal life in hunting for food, seeking a mate, and"
"tomcat who lives with Harry. In ""Storm Front"", Harry says he found Mister as a small kitten in a trash can, about three years earlier. His tail was torn off by a dog or a car; he hates both. Mister weighs over thirty pounds. Harry sometime states that Mister's father ""was a wild cat or a lynx or something,"" but more likely Mister is a Maine Coon. Mac, the owner of McAnally's, will make up the occasional doggy bag for Mister. Mister is uniquely described as the only living thing that appears exactly the same viewed normally or with Harry's"
"screams were heard. When he was found, he mentioned only the dog. Several days later he died. The gwyllgi (; compound noun of either gwyllt ""wild"" or gwyll ""twilight"" + ci ""dog""[1]) is a mythical dog from Wales that appears as a frightful apparition of a mastiff with baleful breath and blazing red eyes. It is referred to as ""The Dog of Darkness"" or ""The Black Hound of Destiny"", the apparition's favourite haunt being lonely roads at night. The yeth hound, also called the yell hound is a Black dog found in Devon folklore. According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase"
"collie puppy named Lady to be Lad's companion and mate. Lad becomes her protector and slave, as she bullies him from his food and the best places to lie and he endures the flashes of nasty temper that lead her to bite his ears and paws. As she grows older, she becomes a generally well-behaved house dog, but when she is eight months old, she tries to attack a beloved mounted bald eagle belonging to the Master. He whips her and then locks her in a shed for the night as punishment; however, during the night it catches on fire."
"his leg. Angered by this, Copper and Slade blame Tod for the accident and vow vengeance. Tweed, realizing that Tod is no longer safe with her, takes him on a drive and leaves him at a game preserve. Tod's first night alone in the woods proves disastrous, as he inadvertently trespasses into an irritable old badger's den. Thankfully, a friendly porcupine offers Tod shelter. That same night, Slade and Copper plan to poach Tod. The next morning, Big Mama finds Tod and introduces him to a female fox named Vixey. Wanting to impress her, Tod tries to catch a fish,"
"Jock of the Bushveld Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir James Percy FitzPatrick. The book tells of FitzPatrick's travels with his dog, Jock, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross, during the 1880s, when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider in the Bushveld region of the Transvaal (then the South African Republic). Jock’s mother Jess was the only dog in their camp. FitzPatrick describes her as “an unattractive bull-terrier with a dull brindled coat–black and grey in shadowy stripes. She had small cross-looking eyes and uncertain always-moving ears; she was"
"episode introduced Mr Bumbledrop, who had lots of toys and loved children, and his dog, Pom Pom, a white French poodle with straight hair needing curlers every night. Also Bossy Boots, a nasty little girl who likes pulling her toys to pieces, but a trip to Topsy Turvy land reforms her. Flying kites, the bad children (Bossy Boots, her brother Bogey, etc.) playing in Mr B's garden tie their toys to the kites they are flying and a strong wind comes along and blows all of the kites and toys away as well as Pom Pom who tries to save"
"Môn (or Mona, i.e. Anglesey), which is across the strait, the sons of Palug reared the cat which became the Cath Palug. In the """"Canu y Meirch"""" (Song of the Horses, aka ""Torrit anuyndawl""), in the ""Book of Taliesin"", is a mention of the horse by the name of Henwyn. In ""The Chronicles of Prydain"" by Lloyd Alexander a, Hen Wen is depicted as a clairvoyant pig kept by Dallben and Coll and looked after by Taran, the young protagonist of the series. Hen Wen also appears in The Black Cauldron, the Walt Disney adaptation of the first two books"
"Towser Towser was a British series of children's books created by veteran children's writer and illustrator Tony Ross and published by Anderson Press. The series focused on a clever dog called Towser and his friends The King, Dr. Smelly, Sadie the cat and the owl who is always seen in the background and their arch enemies the Terrible Thing a black beaky monster who loves eating dogs and scaring people, the Water Rats two tyrannous rodents from the Water Rats Shipping Company who wanted to buy Towser's summer house and turn it into an office, Goblin Gobble a horrible green"
"Mr. McGregor Mr. Michael McGregor is a fictional character in three children's books by author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. He is an elderly, serio-comic villain of Scots background intent upon keeping hungry rabbits out of his vegetable garden and sometimes catching them to put them in a pie and eat them. Potter denied the character was based on a real person but her mentor in mycology, Charles McIntosh, may have been the tizi for McGregor's physical appearance and her landlord in 1893, Atholl McGregor, may have been the source for the character's name. Mr. McGregor appeared in two episodes of"
"dogs, growers of cauliflowers, or sufferers from colly-wobbles. Mr Tolling is rather like a beetle himself, a small man with a huge black beard, large glasses and always wearing a dark suit. He's very likeable, even if he is a little boring, always going on about beetles and how fascinating they are. He's extremely eager to get along to the coleopterist meetings, which are being held at Petersood's Town Hall. But Mr Tolling—or Mr Belling as Fatty mistakenly calls him at first—pales into insignificance compared to his daughter Eunice, who has come along to stay with the Trottevilles as well."